Month: June 2014

Whether a person is successful or not can be boiled down to this question... successful people say they can handle it, unsuccessful people say they can't. And this is where your word (I can/I can't) will give you everything.

I have read about a man whose doctor told him that he had terminal cancer, and he should go home and take care of his things. The man went home, took care of his things. A week later he died.

Turns out he was healthy. He didn't have terminal cancer, he didn't have any cancer, any disease. He died because he said: I can't handle it...

The method Japan learned from Deming, the small steps improvement method was all based on mistakes, and caused Japan to be a leader in industry, in spite of it being destroyed in WW2. Since they have become more like Americans, and are now losing their leading edge... I think, though I am not following the news at all... it's just a feeling.

The method is called Kaizen, and it is simply: finding a mistake, an error, an improper piece, and improve it... Very different approach from how you live your life...
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6 Insane Things Science Can Predict About You at Infancy

We like to think that, for the most part, who we are is based on life experience, hard knocks and good old-fashioned attitude. Sure, genetics plays a part, but ultimately it's your own choices that matter -- you're not "destined" to be anything.

But science, as it usually does, has some surprising and kind of scary things to tell us. Apparently, no matter what kind of life you lead, scientists can still figure out who you'll be at 30 based on who you were as a toddler. Studies show ...